The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-16
OGDEN CIrS, = March le, 1887
s. 81. HoBsoN
Agent.
The Best Plan.

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pany asking that the City Council take
some steps looking to the closing of
Fourth and Sixth Streets, west of Wall
several plans to effect the desired object
have been proposed. The railway COM
pepies propose to build tracks for the
accommodation of their business that
will reach for about a mile and one
third north and south, on the western
part of the city, and this will pretty
| effectively block all travel between
Tenth and First Streets, the latter In
eluded. In other words there will be so
many tracks crossing First Street and
all others between that aud Tenth,
Street, that it will be dangerous and
practically impossible to use those
streets for purposes of ordinary traffic.
The railways want Fourth Street and
Sixth Street closed and it has been sug-
gested that their request be acceded to,
and the travel that now comes into
Ogden from the west be thrown north
to or slightly beyond First Street. This
plan includes the moving of the pres
ent Weber bridge to point further
down the river and the bringing Of
the travel from the west into the city
from the north.
Still another project proposes to have
the bridge where it is and making
roads north to First and south to
Eighth Streets and permitting the in
coming travel to accommodate itself
as to the route taken. Another plan is
to build an arehway over the tracks,
and not close Fourth Street.
In deciding upon this question, which
is certainly one of great Importance,
broad view should be taken. The first
sent condition of things to great ex-'
the last would involve the expenditure
of considerable amount of money by
some one. Some incline TO the belief
that the railways can get along with
much less track room than they have
mapped out; but they should not be
hampered in their operations by want
of room, especially as Ogden expects TO
become a city of considerable import
ance. It is hardly likely that the bust
ness of the railways will require as
many tracks as they seem to contem-
plate, for some timeSto come, but it
would hardly be thesproper thing to
deprive them of room that they will
imperatively need when the business
begins to develop. The adoption of the
second plan would require the shorten
ing of the system of switches by nearly
half mile, which the companies would
very probably object to. The adoption
of either of the two frst-named plans
would very materially unsettle the pre-
sent business, and would drive the trade
of the town farther north, if indeed it
did not keep it entirely out Of the city.
If it Is made difficult to get into the
city from thes west. as q very natural
result business here will be deprived of
the trade that now comes from that
direction, and enterprises will spring up
outside of the city TO accommodate it.
a result which is not at all to be desired.
As we said before, comprehensive
view of all the interests involved,
should be taken, and the final action be
had on such grounds as will work the
greatest good to the greatest number
and bri.S the best results to the whole
city.
From cursery view of the situation
we should decidedly favor the building
of an archway over the tracks on
Fourth Street, still, as the question has
not been very deliberately canVassed,
some other plan may be superior.
Whatever is done, the city and citizens
want the depot here, and should use
every legitimate endeavor to secure it.